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The pastor at Holy Assumption of St. Mary's Orthodox Church on South 19th Street is known as Father Patrick. The South Side once was home to German, Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian immigrants, many of whom had their own churches. This church, first established in 1917 as Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, is one of the few ethnic churches still remaining on the South Side.
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The pastor at Holy Assumption of St. Mary's Orthodox Church on South 19th Street is known as Father Patrick. The South Side once was home to German, Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Ukrainian immigrants, many of whom had their own churches. This church, first established in 1917 as Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church, is one of the few ethnic churches still remaining on the South Side.